
The Prophet Period 4 Patrick Coleman
In the prophet it does not tell you how to live, but it tells you how life
works. I do not agree with everything that is said, but as a whole I like the message the book sends. I have taken my five favorite chapters, and broken them down for this report.
Eating and Drinking- I think he is saying that we do not have to become vegetarians, but we must never take more than we need. I think this applies well to average killing of meat, but when he says we should be sorrowful and apologize to an apple that we bite is where I do not agree.
Giving- This is one of the few chapters I totally agreed with. My favorite quote came from this chapter, �You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give�. And then they speak of how the average man does not know how the poor person feels until they have been poor themselves.
Crime and Punishment- He takes an interesting stance on punishment by suggesting a sort of purgatory. He says that, �And for that wrong committed must you knock and wait a while unheeded at the gate of the blessed�.
He also says the form of a punishment is living with the crime you did. That you will feel sorrow for what you have done.
Death- He says that death is the same as life. They are one, �like the river and sea are one.� This is the last chapter, because I think it is the hardest for us to understand. And I do not think that we can ever understand death, as we are living. Though, we should not be afraid of it. 
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